Man who stole $11 million from prison has a new trick: escaping
Arthur Cofield was already famous for running an $11 million fraud scheme from prison with contraband phones, gold coins, and a private security company. Now he has improved the story by not being in prison.
The United States Marshals Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other law enforcement agencies are searching for 34-year-old Arthur Cofield.
According to authorities with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Cofield was discovered missing from the minimum-security camp next to the Federal Corrections Institution in Jessup on Tuesday afternoon.
At the time of his escape, Cofield was serving a sentence of over 11 years for identity theft and conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud.
Some inmates make license plates. Cofield apparently makes wire transfers.
Smart enough to find a good escape vulnerability, or rich enough to buy one.